Dr. Spruill conducted a one-way ANOVA on a set of data examining political opinions after participants watched different propaganda footage from different eras. Each condition saw a different reel of footage and one condition simply watched a movie with no political agenda. Dr. Spruill's one-way ANOVA yielded significant results, but it was not able to tell him where the specific difference existed. Dr. Spruill will need to follow-up with which analysis to test all possible combinations of the conditions?
A) post-hoc analyses
B) planned contrasts
C) independent sample t-test
D) factorial analysis

Question

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Post-hoc analyses are used after a significant ANOVA result to determine exactly where the differences between groups lie, by comparing all possible pairs of groups.

Dr Spruill Conducted a One-Way ANOVA on a Set of Data